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A brochure on car seat safety

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CAR SEAT SAFETY A GUIDE FOR PARENTS

Understanding Car safety seat

Myths and Facts about safety belts

 Myth: Older kids can take the front seats

 Fact: Kids below 13 years should seat at the back.

 Myth: Seat belts alone protect kids

 Fact: Children shorter than 4foot 9 inches need

booster seats

 Myth: A one year old can ride in a forward-facing car

seat

 Fact: Children should e rear-facing until age of 2

 Myth: Expensive car seats are safer than others

 Fact: all approved car seats are equally safe

Remember:

It is dangerous to leave kids in or around cars, and lock the vehicle when it is not in use:

Read and follow manufacture’s instructions about the seat belt

Let the manufacturer retain a copy of your car seat details; incase it ‘s batch gets recalled

Which Car Safety Seat to use

It’s extremely important to put your child in

his/her car seat, no matter how short the

drive is.

Some of the questions a parent can ask are:

 How do you know the seat is installed

correctly?

 How do you protect the newborn’s sensi-

tive head ?

 What are the types of car seats availa-

ble?

Types of car seats for infant:

1. Infant car seat > Babies outgrow in-

fant seats by about 18 months.

2. Convertible car seat > can be used for

longer in the rear-facing position .

3. All-in-one (3-in-1) car seat > Can be

transformed from a rear-facing car seat to a

forward-facing car seat.

4. Convertible car seat > best for kids

above 3 years of age

Car Seat safety

 Keeping a child safe when riding in a vehicle is one of the key roles of every parent.

 Thousands of children are killed or in- jured in car crashes annually.

 Effective use of car safety seats help keep children safe.

There are many different seats available in market today, many parents find this quite overwhelming.

The type of seat your child needs depends on:

 Age

 Size

 Developmental needs of the child

Expectant parents should be advised by a

certified passenger safety technician

(CPST) before delivery to ensure a safe

ride home from hospital.

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